Offers iconic design and simple brewing of good espresso shots, but the milk foam it produced wasn't so great.

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Introduction

Machines like the illy Francis Francis X7.1 are what springs to mind when most people think of espresso, with an almost iconic design and style. The process of brewing a shot on this machine is simple, but we found that, while the espresso was good, the milk foam it produced wasn't so great.

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